[Intraoperative fluorescent detection and photodynamic therapy in patients with metastatic cerebral lesions].

Brain metastases are known to have poor prognosis. In spite of using modern treatments such as microsurgical resection, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, survival of these patients remains low. Due to this fact we looked for novel methods of treatment that are able to increase the recurrence-free surgical and therefore overall survival of these patients.

[Psychiatric disorders in temporal lobe gliomas].

The rate of temporal lobe gliomas among all hemispheric gliomas is up to 1/3 cases. Psychiatric disorders are typical for temporal lesions and could be a single manifestation of the disease. There is a rich variety of different psychopathologic and epileptic signs exactly in cases of temporal gliomas in comparison to tumors with other localizations.

[The role of intraoperative photodynamic therapy in complex treatment of cerebral metastases].

Cerebral metastases are the most common brain tumors in adults and are characterized by poor prognosis. Despite application of modern methods of treatment (microsurgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy) survival rates of these patients remain low. This fact triggers development of new therapeutic options which are able to increase recurrence-free period and consequently overall survival.

[Psychiatric disorders in temporal lobe gliomas].

The rate of temporal lobe gliomas among all hemispheric glial tumors is up to 30%. Psychiatric disorders are typical for temporal lesions and could be even single manifestation of the disease. There is a rich variety of different psychopathologic and epileptic signs exactly in cases of temporal gliomas in comparison to tumors of other localizations.

[Planning of surgical approach to intracerebral tumors of the hemispheres using fMRI, neuronavigation, and electrophysiological monitoring].

The paper discusses pre- and intraoperative application of different guiding techniques (frameless neuronavigation, fMRI, electrophysiological monitoring). We performed comparative analysis of different combinations of these methods. 74 patients with intracerebral tumors involving eloquent areas (sensorimotor cortex in 56 and speech zones in 18) were operated.